[quote]
Microsoft lost lawsuit - Word Mobile will be pulled from Windows Mobile
sold after January 11, 2010 ?
December 23, 2009 [General] | By Edward J. R.

It's difficult not to be on side of Microsoft with this one: small
Canadian company i4i had sued Microsoft due to alleged infringement of
XML editor patent... and Microsoft has lost an appeal too, so Microsoft
must stop sales of Word after January 11, next year.

Since Office Mobile contains also Word that handles the very same
format, will it affect Windows Mobile?

Well, no, because Microsoft wants to replace offending code with fully
functional replacement and besides the ruling is about desktop versions
of Word. So who is affected? Current owners of Word 2007 and Office 2007
are not, but after January 11 next year Microsoft must deliver new
versions without offending code or stop sales.

Note also, that Microsoft stupidly promised to make Office Mobile also
for Nokia's Symbian phones - for free - and thus having Office Mobile
will anyway soon stop being a positive differentiator for Windows
Mobile. While Google keeps releasing Android-only apps like Google
Goggles and turn-by-turn navigation app, Microsoft is doing exactly the
opposite thing and releasing their apps also for Symbian (Office) and
iPhone (Bing, Live mesenger and other services).

Finally don't feel too bad for Microsoft: Microsoft Corporation is also,
each year, attacking small companies with frivolous lawsuits about
alleged violations of Microsoft's patents and intellectual property...

Credit: Harry over Twitter.
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http://msmobiles.com/news.php/8856.html

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On Sat, 09 Jan 2010 21:18:18 -0700, High Plains Thumper wrote:

> It's difficult not to be on side of Microsoft with this one: small
> Canadian company i4i had sued Microsoft due to alleged infringement of
> XML editor patent... and Microsoft has lost an appeal too, so Microsoft
> must stop sales of Word after January 11, next year.

No longer "alleged" -- Microsoft lost on appeal. Microsoft did steal i4i's 
code -- basically because they thought they were big enough to get away 
with it (as Microsoft emails showed) and they specifically targeted i4i's 
customers. Pretty blatant stuff. i4i was not patent trolling.

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____/ RonB on Sunday 10 Jan 2010 05:47 : \____

> On Sat, 09 Jan 2010 21:18:18 -0700, High Plains Thumper wrote:
> 
>> It's difficult not to be on side of Microsoft with this one: small
>> Canadian company i4i had sued Microsoft due to alleged infringement of
>> XML editor patent... and Microsoft has lost an appeal too, so Microsoft
>> must stop sales of Word after January 11, next year.
> 
> No longer "alleged" -- Microsoft lost on appeal. Microsoft did steal i4i's
> code -- basically because they thought they were big enough to get away
> with it (as Microsoft emails showed) and they specifically targeted i4i's
> customers. Pretty blatant stuff. i4i was not patent trolling.

Who uses Windows Mobile anyway?

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On Sun, 10 Jan 2010 10:15:49 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote:

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> ____/ RonB on Sunday 10 Jan 2010 05:47 : \____
> 
>> On Sat, 09 Jan 2010 21:18:18 -0700, High Plains Thumper wrote:
>> 
>>> It's difficult not to be on side of Microsoft with this one: small
>>> Canadian company i4i had sued Microsoft due to alleged infringement of
>>> XML editor patent... and Microsoft has lost an appeal too, so
>>> Microsoft must stop sales of Word after January 11, next year.
>> 
>> No longer "alleged" -- Microsoft lost on appeal. Microsoft did steal
>> i4i's code -- basically because they thought they were big enough to
>> get away with it (as Microsoft emails showed) and they specifically
>> targeted i4i's customers. Pretty blatant stuff. i4i was not patent
>> trolling.
> 
> Who uses Windows Mobile anyway?

I don't use any kind of Word, but isn't Dataviz's Documents-to-Go better, 
even on a Windows Mobile device? I've got Documents-To-Go on my Palm 
(though I haven't really had much reason to use it lately).

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On 2010-01-10, Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@schestowitz.com> claimed:

> Who uses Windows Mobile anyway?

The Windummies who weren't suckered into buying crap with CE on it.

I think Microslop should do the right thing by their investors. They
should finally discontinue XP once and for all, and stop discounting
Vista 7. Make the netbook manufacturers put CE on their products if
they want a small footprint Windross on there. People will love it
because it came from Mickeysludge. People love _everything_ that comes
from Mickeysludge.

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____/ RonB on Sunday 10 Jan 2010 10:28 : \____

> On Sun, 10 Jan 2010 10:15:49 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>> ____/ RonB on Sunday 10 Jan 2010 05:47 : \____
>> 
>>> On Sat, 09 Jan 2010 21:18:18 -0700, High Plains Thumper wrote:
>>> 
>>>> It's difficult not to be on side of Microsoft with this one: small
>>>> Canadian company i4i had sued Microsoft due to alleged infringement of
>>>> XML editor patent... and Microsoft has lost an appeal too, so
>>>> Microsoft must stop sales of Word after January 11, next year.
>>> 
>>> No longer "alleged" -- Microsoft lost on appeal. Microsoft did steal
>>> i4i's code -- basically because they thought they were big enough to
>>> get away with it (as Microsoft emails showed) and they specifically
>>> targeted i4i's customers. Pretty blatant stuff. i4i was not patent
>>> trolling.
>> 
>> Who uses Windows Mobile anyway?
> 
> I don't use any kind of Word, but isn't Dataviz's Documents-to-Go better,
> even on a Windows Mobile device? I've got Documents-To-Go on my Palm
> (though I haven't really had much reason to use it lately).

I had that too, but I deleted it. Documents-to-Go is good for Office users and
I prefer just text.

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RonB wrote:
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>> RonB on Sunday:
>>> High Plains Thumper wrote:
>>> 
>>>> It's difficult not to be on side of Microsoft with this one:
>>>> small Canadian company i4i had sued Microsoft due to alleged
>>>> infringement of XML editor patent... and Microsoft has lost an
>>>> appeal too, so Microsoft must stop sales of Word after January
>>>> 11, next year.
>>> 
>>> No longer "alleged" -- Microsoft lost on appeal. Microsoft did
>>> steal i4i's code -- basically because they thought they were big
>>> enough to get away with it (as Microsoft emails showed) and they
>>> specifically targeted i4i's customers. Pretty blatant stuff. i4i
>>> was not patent trolling.
>> 
>> Who uses Windows Mobile anyway?
> 
> I don't use any kind of Word, but isn't Dataviz's Documents-to-Go
> better, even on a Windows Mobile device? I've got Documents-To-Go on
> my Palm (though I haven't really had much reason to use it lately).

Back in the late 1990's, I had an HP Windows CE PDA.  The device was
rather expensive for what it did (cost was around $700), but it was my
employer that issued it to me.  It had CE Word, but I used it then
imported the text into WordPerfect 6.1 on my desktops.  (Yes, they still
allowed me to use WP 6.1 for Win3.1, it was a much better office
automation suite than Microsoft's.  I had 2 desktops, both were dual
boot Win98, one with RedHat 6.1 and the other with Corel Linux 2.0.)

Given it had such a small keyboard with chicklet type keys, it was hard
to do extensive entry, used it to do answer E-mails whilst on business
travel, although convenient to carry.

Hence why I am in favour of Linux Atom netbooks, which are much more
cost effective (under $200 US), come loaded with much more software, and
have a reasonable keyboard in comparision.  The only downer is certain
websites that insist on IE, because they will not allow other browsers,
period.  This is unfair as now, Mozilla Firefox is the most popular
browser, along with other non-Microsoft browsers competing.

The old vendor lock-in model still continues.

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Some half-faced gurnard named "High Plains Thumper" screeched:

> Back in the late 1990's, I had an HP Windows CE PDA<BITCHSLAP>

Oooooh, when ah we're a lad we used to dream of living in an HP Windows 
CE PDA. It would have been a palace to us. We used to live in a hole in 
middle o' road...

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On Sun, 10 Jan 2010 05:20:37 -0700, High Plains Thumper wrote:

> Given it had such a small keyboard with chicklet type keys, it was hard
> to do extensive entry, used it to do answer E-mails whilst on business
> travel, although convenient to carry.

I don't use it much, but I've got a fold-out (Stowaway, Palm Branded) 
Infrared keyboard for my Treo. Works well -- almost like using a regular 
keyboard.

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____/ Sinister Midget III on Sunday 10 Jan 2010 11:32 : \____

> On 2010-01-10, Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@schestowitz.com> claimed:
> 
>> Who uses Windows Mobile anyway?
> 
> The Windummies who weren't suckered into buying crap with CE on it.
> 
> I think Microslop should do the right thing by their investors. They
> should finally discontinue XP once and for all, and stop discounting
> Vista 7. Make the netbook manufacturers put CE on their products if
> they want a small footprint Windross on there. People will love it
> because it came from Mickeysludge. People love _everything_ that comes
> from Mickeysludge.

"People everywhere love Windows."

 		--Bill Gates

Has he ever left WA?

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